PCGhost spyware alert

New Sever Computer Threats

4/2/2008

HIGH IMPACT SPYWARE

PCGhost 4.1.3.307 was found in early mid-march and is a HIGH threat spyware that has been released on the Internet.

This spyware is an Identity theft spyware. Once it invades your computer, the software will track & log keystrokes, Internet activity & sites visited, and record mouse clicks. All of this information is then sent to a specified email address that is encoded in the spyware.

INTERNET EMAIL VIRUS

Anyone using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.

You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled 'Mail Server Report'. If you open the file, a message will appear on your screen saying: It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.' Subsequently you will be infected with a mail virus and your computer with start SPAMing. The person who sent the virus may also gain access to your PC, your name, e-mail and password. This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software's are not capable of destroying it.

For more information on this and other Internet threats, visit Snopes site

What can you do to protect your PC from these threats?

Make sure your virus, adware & spyware protection software are all up to date. If you don't have anti- virus or spyware protections, visit the following sites for some free software for personal use.

HijackThis - a scanning software for spyware & malware

Ad- Aware - a scanning software for adware & spyware

AVG - an anti-virus software